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Nokia has marked the development of a connected car as a major priority as it looks to tap into and move beyond mapping, navigation and location service technology that the company already provides carmakers, according to Executive Vice President Michael Halbherr. "As more cars get connected we have the opportunity to move up the stack from a content player to a platform player to a services player," he said in an interview. Nokia's plans include expanding into driverless cars and integrating its platform with public networks in ways that would reduce carbon emissions and save time.

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This op-ed highlights the environmental benefits of California's proposed high-speed-rail project, which has been embroiled in controversy -- something that happens to many "bold, transformative vision[s]," write Brian Kelly, state transportation secretary, and Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board. They say the bullet train will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in the state and take an equivalent of 317,000 cars off the road daily by 2040.

While some progress has been made toward a better portrayal of women in the media, much work remains to be done going into 2014 and beyond, per this video from "Miss Representation." Many big brand-name companies continue to use scantily-clad women in marketing material, and music videos still feature hyper-sexualized females, while pundits and media outlets regularly use gender-loaded verbiage. The video is part of the The Representation Project, which uses film and media content to expose injustices created by gender stereotypes and to shift people's consciousness to promote change. Find out more about the The Representation Project.

A Massachusetts teacher is using Skype to connect students in an after-school club with their counterparts in Afghanistan to better understand their lives and experiences with war. The Massachusetts students, who are ages 10 to 17, are seeking collaboration from their peers in Afghanistan on a project aimed at creating the world's largest book about peace.

A new project suggests that a national standardized electronic health network may not be necessary for health care providers around the country to share medical records. Participants in the Connecting for Health project found that it was easier for a health care provider in California to obtain health records from a hospital in Indiana than some government officials may have suspected. "The power of the Connecting for Health model is it accommodates a variety of technical solutions," said Dr. Marc Overhage, president of the Indiana Health Information Exchange.

A new Connecting for Health project suggests that nationally standardized electronic health records may not be necessary for health care providers around the country to share medical data. Participants in the project found that it was easier for health workers in different regions, and with different tech systems and patient record formats, to share data than some government officials may have suspected.